December BOOST Grant Recipients
Kirk's Jerk Kitchen is a Jamaican, family owed business serving Caribbean cuisine. They were awarded a BOOST Grant of $749 to purchase two fryers for cooking meat and vegetables separate for dietary restriction accommodations of their customers.
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Amici Milledgeville is a pizza, wings & sandwich restaurant with a full bar. They have been part of the wonderful downtown Milledgeville scene since 1999. Their BOOST Grant award of $1000 will be used to repair and rehab their façade to improve the aesthetics for visiting customers.
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BOOSTed Businesses
News Archive
November Featured BOOSTed Business:
Olde Tyme Dogs
Tell us a little about your business.
My husband Chad and I opened Olde Tyme Dogs eight years ago to provide quality food at reasonable costs to customers. We sell Nathan's all beef hot dogs with tons of toppings including homemade chili, slaw, pimento cheese, and relish. We serve a popular homemade vegetable beef soup in the winter and among other of our customers' favorites are loaded nachos and baked potato salad. (Our Main Street staff will attest to the loaded potato salad being shut-the front-door delicious.)
What did the BOOST grant fund for your business and what impact did it have? and
We received BOOST Grant funding of $1000 we used for much needed flooring. We installed a beautiful, durable floor that drastically enhanced the appearance of our shop, a factor in customers returning. Being a small business, the grant greatly helped us improve our hot dog shop, our business, to which we have dedicated many long hours and years.
What impact do you feel the BOOST program has had on our community?
The BOOST Grant provides more than funding. It provides support to small businesses and this community.
Is there anything I haven’t asked you would like to mention?
We appreciate the opportunity the BOOST Grant provided us to improve our building, inside and out. BOOST is an excellent way to encourage business growth in Milledgeville. Olde Tyme Dogs definitely benefitted!
My husband Chad and I opened Olde Tyme Dogs eight years ago to provide quality food at reasonable costs to customers. We sell Nathan's all beef hot dogs with tons of toppings including homemade chili, slaw, pimento cheese, and relish. We serve a popular homemade vegetable beef soup in the winter and among other of our customers' favorites are loaded nachos and baked potato salad. (Our Main Street staff will attest to the loaded potato salad being shut-the front-door delicious.)
What did the BOOST grant fund for your business and what impact did it have? and
We received BOOST Grant funding of $1000 we used for much needed flooring. We installed a beautiful, durable floor that drastically enhanced the appearance of our shop, a factor in customers returning. Being a small business, the grant greatly helped us improve our hot dog shop, our business, to which we have dedicated many long hours and years.
What impact do you feel the BOOST program has had on our community?
The BOOST Grant provides more than funding. It provides support to small businesses and this community.
Is there anything I haven’t asked you would like to mention?
We appreciate the opportunity the BOOST Grant provided us to improve our building, inside and out. BOOST is an excellent way to encourage business growth in Milledgeville. Olde Tyme Dogs definitely benefitted!
October Featured
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October Featured
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Adam Heagy is co-owner and General Manager of Oconee Outfitters, Milledgeville’s local source for quality bicycles and outdoor gear. Adam moved to Milledgeville in 2005, when his wife, Liz Havey, took a position with Georgia College & State University. An avid cyclist, paddler, and general outdoor enthusiast, Adam spends much of his time feeding his passion for active recreation with his wife and their dog, Alice. Adam was pleased to give us some of his in-demand time to talk about supporting the community as a BOOSTer.
Why did you decide to become a BOOSTer? Supporting BOOST is important to me as both an individual seeking to support my community and as a business owner familiar with the challenges of running a successful small business. My business, Oconee Outfitters, was fortunate to be BOOSTed and receive the kind of support I want to, in turn, give to another local business owner who can benefit as well. Why is the BOOST grant program important? The BOOST grant is an amazing way individuals can directly support their community in a very tangible way. BOOSTing one small business supports multiple local businesses because grant funds are typically spent by the BOOSTed business for local services and products. How does the BOOST benefit the community? BOOST supports the success of community businesses which benefits this community as a whole. As a small business, receiving grant funding can be the extra "boost" needed to grow and improve services provided to customers, to elevate the overall customer experience that can translate into customer satisfaction and an increase of business patronage. |
Since 2009, Deepak Kumar has built Metropolis Cafe into a successful business, with numerous loyal customers, offering a wide range of delicious Greek and Mediterranean staples, Indian cuisine, and catering services. Deepak has always been an enthusiastic supporter of the community with involvement in numerous organizations, a couple of which include Good Karma: Center for Yoga & the Healing Arts and Habitat for Humanity. For Kumar, his customers are a favorite thing about running his business. “Meeting people every day is one of my favorite things,” he said. “People always ask me why I don’t want to take hours off, but what am I going to do? Sit at home? This is my home. I meet people and talk to them, learn about their life, and maybe share mine. That’s what I like.” Since he is rarely not working at the restaurant, we took our interview to Metropolis where Deepak answered a few questions for us.
How did the BOOST grant benefit Metropolis Cafe? We received a $1,000 BOOST grant award in 2014 making it possible for us to purchase new signage needed for a long time, since our opening in 2009. New signage made Metropolis Cafe more visible to downtown patrons and was a major component previously missing to our being able to effectively market our business. How does BOOST benefit the community? BOOST is an amazing program, a creative concept by Main Street/ DDA to pool the resources of funding from individuals and business owners to financially support local businesses and organizations. When we applied for the BOOST grant, it was during a slow time of the year for us and other downtown businesses. Receiving BOOST funds to cover 2/3 of the cost for new signage allowed us to make an investment, directly helping our business grow, when we otherwise would not have been able. |
September Featured BOOSTer:
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September Featured BOOSTed Business:
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